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5 Dollars Yuri Gagarin
| Issuer | Marshall Islands |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Currency | Dollar (1986-date) |
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| Obverse description | The central field displays the official Seal of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, depicting a frigatebird above crossed traditional stick charts, flanked by a coconut palm and an outrigger canoe, with a radiant sun above and ocean waves below. The seal is encircled by an inner legend reading REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS along with the Marshallese motto JEPILPILIN KE EJUKAAN. The outer raised rim bears the legend REPUBLIC OF MARSHALL ISLANDS in large raised Latin letters, with the year 2015 inscribed at the base and the fineness designation 1 Oz 9999 Silver at the right. |
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| Obverse lettering | REPUBLIC OF MARSHALL ISLANDS 2015 1 Oz 9999 Silver |
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The Marshall Islands has no domestic mint and issues commemorative coinage through licensing arrangements, typically struck by foreign facilities and sold directly to collectors — these pieces never circulate. Gagarin's 1961 Vostok 1 flight lasted 108 minutes, and he ejected from the capsule at altitude and parachuted separately, a detail the Soviets concealed for years because FAI rules at the time required pilots to land with their craft.